Next up will be 'Sid the Vampire Slayer'! Anyway, enjoy!
A little later that morning, me and Arnold were just about finished with our practice as I smiled towards him. "You're not doing bad, buddy."
"Thanks, Rhonda." Arnold gave a warm smile as he sat down. "Do you have anything else planned for Sunday?"
"Actually, I do plan to hang out with Nadine, Phoebe and Lila on Sunday afternoon. We're planning on using Lorenzo's outdoor pool." I explained as I put my things in.
"But Lila can't swim. I think she may have said something to us about it." Arnold pointed out.
"Well, that's the initial plan. Lorenzo wants to teach Lila how to swim. She taught him how to ice skate, and he figured it was only fair." I explained.
"Oh, okay." Arnold nodded. "Well, I'm going to the movies with Stinky and Sid this afternoon. They're just releasing a new vampire movie, I think Mr. Potts told me he recently made a cameo as an extra in that film."
"Oh, you mean that scary vampire film that critics are raving is 'cheesy'?" I asked, laughing.
"Yeah, it may be cheesy, but I still want to see it, regardless." Arnold explained. "If only because I want to hang out with Stinky and Sid. I need to fill a quota on hanging out with all the people I make."
"Arnold, I swear to God, you would make a good psychologist one day, if only because you like everyone in the world." I sighed.
"I would say you'd make a good actress as well." Arnold smiled to me. "Considering you know all your lines..."
"Like I said, I'm just a natural." I said... before I felt my head pounding. "Ouch! Helga!"
"Come on, princess, at least give me some credit here! I'm the one who even GAVE you the lines and how to act!" Helga told me in my mind.
"Think we should try one more scene?" I said as I gave the playbook to Arnold. "The scene where we... well..."
Arnold's eyes widened as he looked at it. "The scene where we do the kissing?"
"I mean... we don't HAVE to do the kissing... we're just reciting the lines." I said, nervously.
"Uh... of course, of course!" Arnold smiled nervously as he looked at the playbook. "Let's get started..."
Pretty soon, over at Lorenzo's place, me, Phoebe, Nadine and Lila were sitting around as we were discussing what was going on.
"So, Olga moved out of her own home?" Phoebe asked in surprise.
"Yeah, pretty much." I nodded. "I'm proud of her. She's actually making decisions for herself, rather than relying on her parents and seeing if they can change."
"How did Olga's parents take her moving out?" Lila asked.
"She told me they were a little shocked that Olga was doing this. Big Bob was in denial, and Miriam was a little disappointed, but understanding." I explained as I gave a slight chuckle.
"Still, Olga needs this. She needed to get away from that family." Nadine sighed. "Seriously, she's not going to get that relationship fixed... and I don't think it ever will be."
"It's a little sad, though..." Lila sighed. "Olga really wanted to fix her family to make them happy..."
"Yeah, but... there's nothing we can do..." I sighed. "I don't know, I'd be really upset if I lost my parents. Wouldn't you girls?"
"I'm already upset with losing my mom..." Lila sighed. "But at least I still have a dad who loves and supports me. If I lost daddy too... I wouldn't know what to do with myself..."
"I think we'd all be sad we'd lose our parents..." Phoebe sighed. "I mean, it's not like Arnold's parent situation."
"Yeah, at least from what Arnold told me, his parents are still out there somewhere." I sighed.
We then turned to see Lorenzo coming out, wearing his green swimming trunks. "Hola, girls!"
"Hey, Lorenzo!" We smiled as Lorenzo's mother came out and smiled.
"Hola, Lila, Nadine, Phoebe, Espiritu Libre." Lorenzo's mom glared at me when she said the last two words to me.
"Lorenzo's mom REALLY doesn't seem to like you." Phoebe whispered to me.
"Ah, she's just warming up to me a bit." I smiled as I turned to see Lorenzo's mom talking to Lorenzo.
"Now, hijo, I'm allowing an hour to swim and that's it. Fair enough?" Lorenzo's mother explained.
"Si, mother. I'm just teaching one of the girls how to swim, anyway." Lorenzo explained.
Lorenzo's mother smiled as she said, "Oh, good. Well, call if you need anything. The phone is by the door."
As Lorenzo's mother went inside, Lorenzo looked both ways as Phoebe and Nadine seemed to be confiding in one another as I was inbetween. I whispered to Lorenzo, "Go for it!"
Lorenzo went over to Lila and they both gave a quick kiss to one another before Lila sighed. "I think I'm ready for that swimming lesson..."
"Okay, Lila. Follow me to the pool." Lorenzo said as he took Lila inside and he stepped in the water. "Now, I know it's not easy at first, but you'll get it in time. We'll start with the shallow part of the pool, since you can easily walk on that part."
"All right." Lila said as me, Nadine and Phoebe watched.
"Okay, first, take a deep breath." Lorenzo instructed as Lila nodded as she did so. "Now, breathe out."
Lila did so as Lorenzo nodded. "Okay, we'll start with a stroke."
Lorenzo then did a small stroke using his arms. Lila nodded as she used her legs to go up... before she did some slight panicking before Lorenzo held her a bit, calming her down. "Calm down, just breathe. It's like ice skating."
Lila nodded as she closed her eyes as Lorenzo lead her. I smiled as I hummed a little song from an old movie.
"Now, let's try swimming over there." Lorenzo explained as he pointed to a direction where Lila was looking at. Lila giggled as she was being held by Lorenzo as she started doing more strokes.
I giggled a bit as I said, "That's so cute."
Nadine and Phoebe giggled a bit as I hummed that song to myself. "For every to, there is a fro, for every stop, there is a go and that's what makes the world go round!"
The next day, at school, I was looking through my latest homework assignment to turn in when I looked up to see Curly walking in, followed by Stinky... wearing purple sunglasses? Wow...
"Now THAT is some serious eyewear, Stinky." I smiled, looking at the sunglasses.
"Why, thank you, Rhonda." Stinky smiled. "Not only do they keep the sun out of my sensitive eyes, but I think they make me look right snazzy."
"Seriously, where can I get those?" I asked as Stinky passed by me.
I couldn't help but notice Sid was getting a little tensed up. I raised an eyebrow in confusion. Wonder what that was all about?
A little later that day, school was just about over as me and Arnold joined with each other as I asked him, "So, how's Olga?"
"Honestly?" Arnold asked as we continued walking. "She's actually been a pretty good houseguest. Mrs. Kokoshka seems to like her, and Mr. Hyunh and Mr. Potts are fine with her being here. Grandma's a bit jealous of her, but she warmed up to Olga in less than two minutes."
"That's your grandmother." I laughed. "Always the random one..."
All of a sudden, we yelped as we were pulled inside by two hands. I turned and frowned. "Sid, again?"
Sid looked around in a panic as I sighed, "Okay, did you think you killed Principal Wartz again?"
"No, it's not that." Sid sighed. "Arnold, Rhonda, it's incredible! It's just like in the movie, I mean, Stinky wearing the sunglasses, then turning down the garlic bread, then gets all excited about a blood drive, a blood drive for faculty and staff only!"
"Whoa, slow down! What are you talking about?" Arnold asked.
"I'm talking about Stinky, Arnold, about the fact that he's a vampire!" Sid explained.
I rolled my eyes. "Cut! Rewind! Take it from the beginning!"
Sid took a deep breath. "Okay, okay. Well, it all started yesterday afternoon. Me, Arnold and Stinky were watching a movie about vampires."
"Oh yeah, how was it, Arnold?" I asked.
"Cheesy, but it was pretty enjoyable." Arnold said.
"Back to me!" Sid frowned. "Anyway, I went home because... just because. Anyway, I had a nightmare last night about a vampire chasing me, like in the movie. I had to take deep breaths when I got to school that day, and then I overheard you complimenting on Stinky's sunglasses, which tipped me off on something suspicious. Then later on, when I was at lunch, I overheard the cafeteria lady ask Stinky if he wanted garlic bread. He said no, on account of garlic doesn't agree with him. Then, when I was in the school library, I overheard Stinky being disappointed that he couldn't go to the blood drive, since he was excited for blood drives. That finally tipped me off that he was a vampire."
"Sid." Arnold frowned.
"I mean, he looks the type, too!" Sid said in panic. "Have you noticed his ears?"
"Sid." Arnold glared.
"They're pointed up! Whose ears point UP? I'm telling you-" Sid said.
"SID!" I yelled as Sid stopped talking. "Now, we don't want to negate any emotions right now, but you're a little crazy."
"Sid, Stinky was probably wearing those sunglasses because he wanted to look cool and to show them off." Arnold explaned. "He probably doesn't want to eat garlic probably because he's allergic to garlic."
"As for the blood drive, Stinky was probably excited because of the free cookies they give out." I explained.
Sid frowned. "Yeah, and I'm the phony king of England. What is wrong with you people!"
"All hail the nut king!" I chuckled.
"Fine. I'll prove that Stinky is a vampire! You'll see!" Sid said as he started to walk off angrily.
"Okay, good luck with that." I waved as Sid left. I shook my head. "What a crazy."
"Tell me about it." Arnold sighed as we went out of the closet. "Come on, we're late for practice as it is."
The next day at school, as I was getting in my locker to get my things to prepare for the school day, I noticed Sid walking with a camera as he hid to the side.
"Curious..." I thought to myself.
"Tell me about it. I wasn't that observant on Sid's crazy obsessions in my original timeline, but... I think this is going off the deep end, especially for him." Helga said in my mind. "I just can't believe you actually had one date with him."
"I had to agree to it, to uphold a promise! You probably witnessed it, you should know!" I frowned. "Tell me I didn't have a thing for Sid in my timeline."
"Rhonda did have a slight crush at one point, but she broke up with him. Too weird for her tastes." Helga explained.
"Oh, thank God." I said as I watched Sid aiming his camera over at Stinky's locker. As I saw Stinky drop his pencil. He leaned down to pick it up as Sid took the picture. Sid, satisfied with his work, ran off as I went to him.
"Ha!" Sid said as he pulled out the picture and showed me the picture of an empty locker. "See, told you, Stinky's a vampire."
"Sid, I saw what happened. He dropped a pencil and leaned down to pick it up just as you snapped the picture." I sighed. "Honestly, Sid, you're not trying to prove anything."
Sid rolled his eyes. "Well... at least ARNOLD will believe me when he sees it..."
At that moment, Arnold came over in curiosity as Sid smirked as he showed the picture. "See THIS, Arnold!"
Arnold looked at the picture, and frowned, not amused. "There's nothing in this picture."
"Of course there isn't! Because vampires have no reflection nor can they be photographed! Stinky's dark powers caused this picture to be empty." Sid explained.
"Stinky was picking up a pencil and moved out of the frame as you took it! Seriously, if you'd just turned your head to the right..." I muttered.
Sid frowned. "Okay. Fine. Don't believe me now, but there's lots more proof where this came from!"
As Sid walked off, I shook my head. "He is so crazy..."
Arnold nodded.
A little later, me and Arnold were in the same lunch line when Sid came over. "I'm glad you two are here! Check this out!"
We blinked as Sid was pointing to a bologna sandwich with a bite mark in it. Arnold broke the silence. "That's a bologna sandwich, Sid."
"Not just ANY bologna sandwich! Look at the bite! See the fangs?" Sid said.
"Oh God, please tell me you didn't just steal Stinky's sandwich and walk all the way up to us just to point out OBVIOUSLY teeth marks that ANY REGULAR PERSON has! I mean, come on, vampires have FANGS! Look at Stinky! Does he have fangs?"
I can't beli- honest to Go- okay, just as soon as I pointed to Stinky's table, wondering where his sandwich is, he was rubbing what seemed to be pointed teeth.
Sid gave a small smile as I glared at him. "That doesn't mean a thing."
"Look Sid, please drop this vampire business, and give Stinky his sandwich back." Arnold frowned.
Sid shook his head. "Fine, I'll give Stinky the sandwich back, but he is definitely a vampire! You'll see!"
As Sid walked off, I groaned as I turned to Arnold. "He is nuts!"
"Tell me about it." Arnold sighed.
The next day, as I was hanging with my friends, we all laughed as I put away my book as I saw Arnold come out of the bus. "Good book club today, girls. See you girls at recess?"
"Sure." Phoebe smiled as she, Nadine and Lila walked into the school.
I noticed Arnold approaching as I smiled. "Morning, buddy."
"Morning, Rhonda." Arnold smiled as he laughed a bit. "You're not going to believe what Miss Pataki did for the boarding house?"
"What's that?" I asked out of curiosity.
"Well, you see..." Arnold started... but then we were interrupted by a certain long nosed weirdo.
"I got him, guys! I got the proof!" Sid said as he was holding a covered cage. "Behold!"
Sid lifted the cage to reveal... a sleeping bat.
I groaned. "Seriously, you're still ON that vampire thing?"
"Can you believe it? I went over to Stinky's house last night, snuck up on the roof, and caught him in his bat form!" Sid said, pointing to the bat. "And even better, Iggy told me that Stinky wasn't on the bus today! You want to know why?"
"Because he was home sick?" Arnold said, unamused.
"No! Because I got the right bat, because that is Stinky, right there, in the cage!" Sid smiled.
"Okay, this is getting freaking ridiculous!" I said as I grabbed the cage with the bat and put it down as it woke up and started to screech.
"No, Rhonda, what are you doing?" Sid said in panic as I opened the cage and let the bat fly out. "You're letting Stinky escape!"
"Exactly, and if I'm right, he'll die by the sun's rays." I said, smirking.
"Y-" Sid paused in shock. "Actually, that's brilliant! Burn him to pieces!"
We watched the bat fly around for a few seconds... before it started flying off. Sid paused. "How long until the sun burns Stinky, per se..."
"Told you, not Stinky. The end, bye bye, story is over." I said as I started to walk off.
"Wait a minute! I was asleep last night, Stinky must have called his bat brethren to open the cage and he switched places!" Sid snapped his fingers as I stopped. "Stinky KNOWS I'm onto him being a vampire!"
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" I screamed as Arnold facepalmed.
"Well, that settles it! I have to eliminate him tonight!" Sid said, frowning.
"Oh my God..." I sighed.
"Let me handle this, Rhonda." Arnold sighed as he came over. "Sid, what you are doing is incredibly ridiculous, BUT me and Rhonda are going to come with you to settle this matter once and for all!"
"Good idea." I said as Sid opened his mouth. "And before you say anything, let me assure you, Sid Gifaldi, THIS is not by any means joining to destroy Stinky or kill him, we are simply doing this to prove that Stinky isn't a vampire! OKAY?"
"Got it, ma'am." Sid yelped as he backed down.
"Remind me WHY you dragged me into this mess?" I sighed as I joined with Arnold and Sid.
"Sorry, Rhonda, but you somehow managed to get into this mess, you may as well help us out." Arnold sighed as we were looking to the banisters as he was looking into the binoculars. "Okay, I see Stinky... he seems to be wearing a grey cape-like-"
"HA! GREY CAPE! VAMPIRE!" Sid said, smirking.
"Sid, it could probably just be a bathrobe!" I sighed.
"Let's just get a little closer." Sid said as we started to get closer. Now Sid was holding the binoculars as he gasped. "He's biting on a goat! Vampire! There!"
"A stuffed goat, probably. Honestly, Sid!" I groaned as we moved closer to the window as we saw... Stinky getting into a coffin and closing it?
"That's it, the final nail in the coffin!" Sid smirked.
All of a sudden, I heard a drumroll and a cymbal crash. "Did anybody else hear that?"
"Sid..." Arnold groaned.
"Okay, don't go in, guys, whatever you do!" Sid said as he pulled out what seemed to be a silver sword. "I'm going in..."
"Why do you have a silver sword?" I asked.
"To kill the vampire!" Sid frowned.
"First of all, silver is used to kill werewolves, second of all, it's a silver bullet, NOT a silver sword, THIRD, that sword is a squeaky toy, fourth, I'm pretty sure a wooden stake to the heart kills vampires, and number five, we are going to set this straight!" I said as I pulled on Sid's ear.
"OW, OW, OW!" Sid said as I dragged him over to the door, Arnold following.
"Arnold, knock on the door!" I said as Arnold proceeded to do so.
"Arnold, no!" Sid said, but it was too late as Stinky answered the door.
"Why, Arnold, Rhonda, Sid! I didn't expect to see you here late at night." Stinky smiled.
Sid screeched as he tried to get away, but I held him down. "NO! We're going to talk with him."
Arnold sighed. "Stinky, I think we need to tell you something... but first... can you take us directly to a mirror?"
"Certainly." Stinky said as he led us into a room with a mirror as he pointed to the mirror.
"Just stand right there." I said as I turned Sid around. "Sid, what do you see in this mirror?"
Sid blinked as he looked at Stinky in the mirror and then the reflection. He then said, "Oh. I guess... Stinky isn't a vampire."
"What?" Stinky blinked in shock. "Sid, y'all thought I was a vampire? Why?"
Arnold sighed as he said, "Maybe we better explain."
"So, Sid got scared because he thought I was a vampire out to suck his blood?" Stinky said in surprise. "Why would you think that, Sid?"
"Well, for one thing, you're wearing that cloak!" Sid frowned.
"That?" Stinky pointed in surprise. "Those are just my pajamas. You know, to get ready for bed. All the Petersons wear them. The high collar keeps our well delicate ears protected from the cold."
"Well, what about the goat? I mean, we saw you clearly biting its' neck." Arnold said in confusion.
"That? That was my taxidermy project. I was just chewing off a thread that got loose." Stinky explained.
"Oh..." Sid looked down.
"And the coffin?" I asked, pointing to it.
"Oh, it's no coffin. It's a tanning bed. Pa reconverted it. We got us a patent pending." Stinky explained as he opened the coff- er, the tanning bed as I stared at it in amazement.
"Cool." I smiled.
Sid sighed. "Sorry about that, Stinky. I guess I let my imagination get a little carried away."
"A little?" I raised my eyebrow.
Sid sighed. "Okay, a lot. But bare with me!"
We all gave a small laugh as we shook our heads.
Well, after that little adventure with the whole 'vampire' scenario, I was humming a bit as I was getting ready for bed. As I was getting comfortable, I was about to put my glasses to the side... when I noticed a note. Curious, I picked it up and read it. "Hey, Helga?"
"Yeah?" I heard Helga say.
"Listen to this..." I said as I read the note to Helga in my mind. "Rhonda, I know your little secret. I need you to meet up with me sometime during the weekend. I have a feeling you're looking for answers. I could give you a few... but not all. Signed... Curly."
I raised an eyebrow in shock as I said to Helga, "Helga... has Curly known about you all this time?"
"I can't tell you. You have to speak with Curly yourself..." Helga explained to me.
I sighed as I put the note in the trash bucket... wondering how the heck Curly got into my house and into my room... and until I was so tired that I went to sleep... I was busy thinking about HOW it was possible that... that Curly got in! How did nobody see him? This was... strange...
There's episode one hundred and thirty-nine! How do you like it? The season finale of Arc 4 is going to be a two-parter, so don't miss out! Well, anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks! And don't forget to check out/add tropes to the TVTropes page.